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A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative ... - Page 36
by Thomas M. Cooley - 2011 - 772 pages
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A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Volume 2

William Leggett - United States - 1840 - 350 pages
...qualification to any office or public trust in the United States." The Constitution of our own state specifies that " the free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ;" and so fearful were the framers of that instrument of the dangers to...
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A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett ..., Volume 2

William Leggett - Political science - 1840 - 344 pages
...qualification to any office or public trust in the United States." The Constitution of our own state specifies that " the free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ;" and so fearful were the framers of that instrument of the dangers to...
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The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland, Volume 1

Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - Constitutional conventions - 1864 - 744 pages
...witnesses. The Constitution of the State of New York, from which I copied this amendment, provides that — "The free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account...
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Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Constitutional ...

Nevada. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1866 - 982 pages
...passing laws establishing the right of trial by jury, without our interfering with it. Why provide that " the free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State?" 1ч not the Legislature to come after us going to be as wise as we? Wo provide that...
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American Ecclesiastical Law: The Law of Religious Societies ..., Volume 983

Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Cemeteries - 1866 - 568 pages
...— THE NORTHERN MIDDLE STATES. \ 29. In the State of New York it is declared by the fundamental law that "the free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed," in the State, "to all mankind;" and that "no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on...
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A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative ...

Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...obtaining safety and happiness ; that the right to property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction ; that the free exercise and enjoyment of...and of the State ; that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures...
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Journal of the Constitutional Convention, of the State of Illinois: Convened ...

Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1870 - 1074 pages
...Perley oft'ered the following; which was referred to the committee on the lull uf Eights : ßwolved, That the free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions...
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Outlook and Independent, Volume 66

1900 - 1070 pages
...shall be made respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; and that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed." He who accuses the Administration of imperialism should be prepared to show either that the acts of...
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History of the Public School Society of the City of New York: With Portraits ...

William Oland Bourne - African Americans - 1870 - 822 pages
...taught the doctrines and tenets of religious sectarianism ? The Constitution of this State declares that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious...discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State to all mankind. This article of the Constitution recognizes not only religious toleration,...
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A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative ...

Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1871 - 846 pages
...enjoyment of [* 36] religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall for ever be allowed ; that every man may freely speak, write,...; that every man may bear arms for the defence of himsplf and of the State ; that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,...
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